THE CALENDAR FOR 1905
AUGUST-31 DAYS
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SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
1st
....................5h. 56m.
7h. 02m.
1903 1904
15th
.....6h. 01m. 6h. 53m.
MOON'S PHASES
Maximum
.85.8
8.60
Minimum
..77.1
77.2
Mean
..80.9 80.0
d. h. m.
Last Quarter
1
0
03
P.M.
BAROMETER, 1904
New Moon
8
6 16
A.M.
First Quarter
15
11
31
A.M.
Full Moon
23
2
10
P.M.
New Moon
30
9
13
P.M.
Mean........
.29.70
1903
RAINFALL
14.970 inches
1904 27.640 inches
Days of Dats op ❘ 7 and 8
Мохти
Tues. 1
Wed.
2
Thur.
Frid. 4
MOONS
123
45
67x9
8
Sat.
Sum
в
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
789
Thur.
10.
10
Frid. 11
11
Sat.
12
12
Sun. 13
13
Mon.
14
14
Tues. 15
15
Wed. 16
16
Thur. 17
17
Frid. 18
18
Sat.
19
19
Sun
20
Mon.
21
21
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
Frid
Sat.
Sun
Mon
CHRONOLOGY OF Remarkable EvenTS
Both China and Japan declare war, 1894. Kucheng massacre, 1895.
Victims of massacre at Tientsin buried, 1870.
British fleet arrived before Nanking, 1842.
Macartney's Embassy entered Peiho, 1796. Bombardment of Kelung by French, 1884..
Allied march on Peking starts, 1900. Li Hung Chang visited Queen Victoria, 1896. 7TH AFTER TRINITY. Serious flood at Tientsin, 1871.
British Squadron arrived off the Peiho, 1840.
Assassination of Mr. Haber, German Consul, at Hakodate, 1874
British troops landed at Nanking, 1842. King Edward VII's Coronation celebrated
at Hongkong, 1902.
Bir H. Pottinger arrived at Hongkong, 1841. Destructive typhoon at Foochow, 1888. First public meeting of British merchants in Canton, called by Lord Napier, who suggest.
ed the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce, 1834.
8TH AFTER TRINITY. 174 British prisoners executed in Formosa, 1842. Manila occupied
by U.S. Troops, 1898.
Tong-ur-ku taken, 1860. House collapse, causing 43 deaths, in Cochrane Street,
Hongkong, 1901.
Great fire on French Concession, Shanghai; 991 houses destroyed; loss Tls. 1,500,000, 1879. Total loss of the E. & A. steamier Catterthun"_near Sydney, 1895. Peking Legations rescued, 1900. Murder of Messrs. Bruce and Lowis at Chengchow, Hunan,
1902.
British trade at Canton stopped by Hong merchants, 1834. French Treaty with Siam
signed, 1856.
Empress of India sinks Chinese cruiser Wong Tai in collision near Swatow, 1903. Lord Napier ordered by the Viceroy to leave Canton, 1834. Great fire in Hongkong,
1888. Indian troops landed in Shanghai, 1900.
9TH After Trinity. 20
22
23
24
72 * * * * * * *
27 2
* * * * * * RAM
Tues.
Wed.
30
Thur. 31
25
26
27
28
First conference between Sir Henry Pottinger and Ki-ying on board the "Cornwallis," at Nanking, 1842 Taku forts taken by the Allied forces, 1860. Palace Revolution at Peking, Empress Dowager again Emperor Hien Fung died, 1881.
assumes the Regency, 1898.
Governor Amaral (Macno) assassinated, 1849. Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, stabbed, 1870, Seizure of steamer Spark" by pirates between Canton and Macao, 1874. Telegraph line to Peking opened, 1884.
Large meeting in Hongkong to protest against the military contribution, 1864. Chinese-
fleet at Pagoda Anchorage destroyed by French, 1884.
Wreck of the C. N. Co's. str. "Tientsin” near Swatow, 1887. Disturbances at Amoy
Japanese landed marines, 1900.
British Chamber of Commerce established at Canton, 1834 Treaty between Great Britain ·
and Japan signed, 1859.
British left Macao, 1839.
10th after TRINITY. Amoy taken by the English, 296 guns captured, 1841.
Lord Amherst's Embassy left for Yuen-ming-yuen, 1816. Slavery abolished in British
possessions, 1833. Kimpai forts silenced by French, 1884.
Treaty of Nanking signed, 1842.
Wreck of "Futami Maru" off Cape Calavite, 1900.
Severe typhoon on coast of China, many lives lost, and much damage done to shipping
at Hongkong, Macao, and Whampoa, 1848
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